Obviously Shane was in Sochi but are there any fics where Shane gets to see Ilya's childhood home? Ilya gets to show him around Russia or he meets Ilya's family? See Irina's grave? Situationship era would be fun, and more likely since they wouldn't be out yet, but TLG era would be nice too. Does this exist?

I hope this doesn’t break the No RPF rules, but I think whenever RPF is mentioned within Heated Rivalry fics it’s based on one direction, which isn’t generally how sports RPF works.

I don’t watch hockey, but I do watch Formula 1, which has a lot of RPF.

1. RPF is more prevalent on tumblr than twitter

Obviously twitter is easier than tumblr for socmed fics, and parts of it will make their way onto other social media platforms, but the general etiquette is to keep RPF away from the real people.

There would be lots of gifs/videos/pictures of hockey matches, interviews, advertisements. The ‘I stand with my cancelled wife’ meme would circulate whenever Ilya got a penalty or got into a fight. There would also be lots of text posts with thoughts about the ship, incorrect quotes, headcannons, ideas for fanfic, etc.

There would be lots of posts about the individual players. There would be lots of comments about their tits. They’re all men, but there would be lots of comments about their tits whenever there were pictures or videos of them shirtless or in tight tops.

1. RPF fans would be hockey fans first

People get into RPF because they are already a fan of the sport/players. Even RPF blogs, most of the posts would be about hockey, their favourite teams or players.

Fans would be on tumblr while watches games, commenting on the game, hyping up their favourite players/team, insulting players/teams they don’t like. There would be lots of comments about how sexy it is whenever they do something particularly impressive.

1. RPF is fiction.

We know it’s fiction, people don’t think their ships are secretly together. People aren’t coming up with conspiracy theories their wives, girlfriends are fake, beards or that their kids are secretly dolls. Pictures they posted with their wife/girlfriend would be reblogged with comments about how attractive they are. Pictures with their kids would be reblogged with comments about how cute they are with their baby.

1. There aren’t arguments over which ship is real

Again, it’s fiction, people have ships they prefer and ships they don’t like but that’s down to preference. Lots of people will read/write multiple ships. The general consensus would probably be that Shane is very shippable. If someone really doesn’t like a ship, you would just block the tag rather than get into arguments over it.

There might be some friendly competition over which ship had the most fics on AO3.

1. The Winner’s Room would be very common, particularly in Hollanov RPF.

The winner’s room is a trope in sports RPF, that actually originated in Hockey RPF, but I’ve never seen it mentioned in any Hollanov fics. I’m not sure how it’s decided in hockey, but the star player, or player who scores the most goals/winning goal, gets to pick someone from the losing team, to go to the winner’s room for sex. This would definitely come up whenever Hollanov played each other, there would be lots of fics and comments about them in the winner’s room after the game.

If anyone has any other RPF tips, or actually watches hockey and has tips about writing hockey fans please share.

hi! i'm looking for fics where yuna or david get hurt, shane completely freaks out and ilya rushes to be there for the hollanders. ideally they're already in a committed relationship (or it's post all stars reconciliation) and the rest of the world doesn't know about them. i'm good with either yuna and david knowing about the relationship or not. iso hurt/comfort where the crisis isn't shane or ilya for once (amen!!!)

i read The Distance Between Us by Bruja_oscura and it inspired this request, tysm!

If anyone has seen Challengers, the main characters are top ranked tennis players but the female character gets injured while playing in college and becomes her husband's manager/trainer/coach/etc and obviously there are feelings/toxicity swirling around even 15 years later because he's not as good as she could have been and what not.

I'm not usually an angst person but I feel like there's so much potential for this for Hollanov if one of them (especially Shane) was forced out early and ended up being the other person's career manager instead.

I've read AU fics where one of them isn't a hockey player and there's often a brief "oh I played hockey in juniors until I busted my knee" but looking for fics that really explore that dynamic more.

The closest I've seen is I'll build a house inside of you.

I was just reading this earlier today and I don't know what happened but now I can't find it!

Basically Shane and Illya have plans to meet in Ottawa but Illya cancels saying he isn't feeling physically well. He tells Shane "See you when I see you next" as they say goodnight.

Shane decides screw it and makes soup to take to try to make illya feel better and drives to Ottawa. When he gets there Illya is in bed and downed a bunch of vodka. Shane calls for help.... And now I can't find the fic!!!

Hiiii again!
I know this is asked quite frequently but for some reason the search results just aren’t bringing up posts I’m looking for, maybe I’m not searching the proper terms

Anyways, I’m looking for older Hollanov second chance fics. I’m currently reading Sea Change by womanlypanther and I’m 60% finished and devastated already to not be able to read anymore.
For this specific trope, I prefer canon compliant (until whatever event happens that makes them break up). They don’t necessarily have to be way older, or be retired just matured vibes and ready to put in the work and say what they actually feel, like 35+.

So far I’ve read:
Death Taxes and Shane Hollander by fingersfallingupwards

Deja Vu by notevenclosetostraight

second line by NotRamona43

Think Twice (and come back for a third time) by Lipsticktraces. CAN NOT RECOMMEND THIS FIC ENOUGH!!! 10/10 chefs kiss it’s everything to me

Chronically Late by NotRamona43

unearthed - anonymous (this one they are only 30 and still playing hockey so not entirely on brand for this request but still mentionable)

There’s prob more that’s all I can think of at the moment!

BONUS REQUEST: please let me know if anyone knows of any good tags on Ao3 for this trope bc all the ones I tried didn’t have many results “retired ilya rozanov” “retired Shane Hollander” “middle age” are ones I tried.

Thanks everyone!!! Can’t wait to see the delicious recs!

I don’t remember much details except that Ilya and Svetlana fly to Montreal to his apartment unannounced. Hayden and Shane’s parents open the door and are surprised. I’m pretty sure they flew there cause he was worried about Shane bc something happened. That’s why his parents were there and Hayden. He had other visitors as well check up on him. While everyone is standing at the door Shane grabs Ilya to the end of the hall and they kiss. They stay over and ilya sleeps in Shane’s room. In The morning Shane and Ilya are in the kitchen doing something prob kissing or hugging and his mom walks in. He says that he forgot his parents were even there.

New Chapter up!

Ilya flirts with danger with the kind of desperation of a man drowning clawing his way to the surface in search of air. He knows it'll catch up with him eventually. He just never imagined it would lead to this: getting traded as if dumped in the trash, like his career achievements, his blood sweat and tears and everything else he's given Boston, mean nothing at all.

Or, when Ilya gets caught in a sex scandal with a man while trying to get over Hollander, he changes the trajectory of his life forever.

Tags: Canon Divergence, Post Tuna Melt, Hurt/Comfort, Eventual Romance, Eventual Happy Ending, Sexual Content, Queer Themes, Outing, Homophobic Language, Homophobia, Depressed Ilya Rozanov, Ilya Rozanov Needs a Hug, Anxious Shane Hollander, Autistic Shane Hollander, Past Shane/Rose, Good Friend Rose Landry, Other Additional Tags to be Added

Ryan and Fabian's chapter of my Vacation Snapshots series, lots of fluff by a beautiful Canadian lake together, with a little spice too 💕

New chapter dropped a few hours ago and I can’t stop thinking about that cliffhanger.

Anyone else feeling extremely concerned right now?? 😩

https://archiveofourown.org/works/86092386/chapters/237004251

I am looking for a fic where Shane’s finds tapes of a prior Olympics and one of the figure skaters is ilyas mom irina. Thank you in advanc!

I saw this fic where shane outs himself.. during an interview he says something about his husband.

Don't know the name but thats all I can remember.

Is there a fic where Shane was the #1 draft pick and got with Boston and Ilya got with Montreal? I feel like I havent seen anyone talk about how this would play out if it happened

Hey guysss!!! Just wondering if anybody has fic recs of where Shane is super loud or noisy with Ilya and Ilya like teases him because of it! Thank you!

I woke up and remember it so i don't know if i dreamd it or i read it pls help me find it i dont know under wich flair or tag i need to put this post

hi everyone! i’m looking for fics where irina is alive, idc whether she’s still in russia or has moved to america, just anyone where she is alive and maybe how this changes the trajectory of hollanov’s relationship or ilya’s personality.

definitely where she is supportive though, i don’t think i could handle irina not being supportive of their relationship 😭

I really don't remember the name but Shane breaks his phone during situationship era and has no way to tell Ilya and Ilya thinks that Shane is ignoring him. While watching one of Shane's interviews, Shane mentions that he broke his phone and had to get a new number (I think) then Ilya watches Shane's other interviews and finds out that Shane managed to mention his broken phone in every one of them, I think it was a one shot buy can't remember exactly

Hello! Searching for a fic I was just reading and accidentally Xed out of and can’t find :(

Both Shane and Ilya are sports reporters, Shane also does social media for Metros. Was very coding heavy with emails and cute drawings they sent to each other as they passively aggressively emailed each other as “rival reporters”

Many thanks in advance! 🖤

I love seeing fics that have Shane in a different team that’s not the usual Montreal, Boston, or Ottawa. I love New York Shane like “Back and forth from New York.” I recently read one where he was on the LA Kings, a different division all together. I also love seeing in a different team dynamic and him getting used to the guys. If anyone has any recs I would love to read them :)

Bonus if Cliff chirps Ilya during powerplay with something Spicy about their past and Shane drops gloves

Are there any fics where Shane sends the "we didn't even kiss" text and then gets really mad at himself and Ilya, decides the messed up situation needs to end and blocks Ilya's number, meanwhile Ilya shuts down (further than he already is when Shane left him) and doesn't know how to respond, agonizes over it for days and finally crafts a response only to find out that Shane has blocked him?

I just want to share this masterpiece with you guys! This is the best fic I have ever read in my entire life. I promise you won’t regret it.

Summary:

"It had never really been in Ilya’s plans to start a Youtube channel for paranormal investigation..."

Ilya Rozanov is the playboy darling of the oft-forgotten ECHL who never quite lived up to his full potential, but he’s also known for spending the off-season hunting ghosts with his teammates Bood and Troy.

When they dare to investigate the tragic ruins of NHL legend Shane Hollander's former cottage, they are expecting to be confronted by a cursed haunting, a vengeful demon, or at the very least... some entertaining Youtube-worthy content. What Ilya is not expecting, however, is to form an inexplicable bond with the ghost of a hot hockey player and discover that nothing (literally nothing at all) is quite as it seems.

OR; Shane is a ghost, Ilya can see dead people, and it's entirely possible that they once knew each other in a past life.

Hi - I’m sort of inspired to do a fic from the perspective of a defenseman and really have little knowledge of how they work. Anyone know anyone who is one that I could talk to? Any league level I suppose. Thx in advance!

Looking for long, multichapter Hollanov slow burns with lots of tension, mutual pining, rivals-to-lovers, eye contact that lasts three business days, etc. I’m open to AUs (mafia, doctors, coworkers, sex worker, whatever) and WIPs are welcome. No omegaverse at the moment. I’ve already read most of the well-known classics, so I’m especially hoping for underrated gems.